Handcuffed magician hops into Aquarium
tank - BrooklynPapers.com
Magician Thomas Solomon broke free from
four sets of handcuffs while submerged
inside of a tank of freezing water at
the New York Aquarium in Coney Island on
Sunday -- thrilling visitors who showed
up for the penguins and walruses but
stayed for the daring, though
surprisingly brief, one-minute escape
act.
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:18:19
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Teen magician to perform here - Fremont
News Messenger
Teen magician and magic prodigy Eli
Portala will dazzle audiences with a
combination of comedy and illusion at 7
p.m. March 29 at the Clyde High School
auditorium. Eli and his all-teen team
will be performing illusions normally
seen in larger Vegas-type magic shows.
Eli will open the show producing doves
from thin air and then vanishing them
right back again moments later. "The
birds always get a huge reaction from
the kids" said Eli. "Lots of yelling,
sometimes screams even!"
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:54:58
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'How I Met Your Mother' Season 7 Finale
Spoilers: Childhood Flashbacks in 'The
... - Gather.com
According to TVLine, the season 7
finale, titled "The Magician's Code," is
going to show flashbacks to the
childhoods of Barney, Robin, and Quinn.
Barney's is going to show "his magic
teacher giving the ol' hocus pocus to
his mom." With that title, you knew
there had to be something involving
Barney and magic, and this will have the
added bonus of bringing back Barney's
mother. Barney has been shown to go
overboard on the magic, and he had to
learn it from somewhere.
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:07:13
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HOUDINI SPEAKS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE! -
Weekly World News
Master magician Harry Houdini has
finally kept the promise he made before
he died – and has spoken from beyond the
grave! The shifty showman has vowed to
perform his most amazing escape ever on
April 25, 2012 - he will slip the bonds
of death and returns to Earth!...
Publ.Date : 2012-03-19T07:36:30Z

The Great Magician: Filmart Review -
Hollywood Reporter
It was really only a matter of time
before good old-fashioned magic—rabbits,
hats, abracadabra and all that—made an
appearance in Asia, where the magical
and mystical have been cinema standards
for decades. To that end comes director
Derek Yee’s The Great Magician, a step
away from the director’s preferred urban
action fare. Magician is the kind of
colorful, polished amusement that could
find an audience in urban markets around
the globe. Respectable if not
blockbuster box office is possible in
Asia where recognizable stars and novel
a subject could carry the day....
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:47:55
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Magician Jason Bishop to take the stage
at UW-Parkside March 29 - Journal Times
One moment, Bishop may have a person
passing through his body; the next he’ll
be coaxing his pet goldfish to swim out
of his smart phone and into his hand.
And while other magicians levitate a
single person, Bishop gets into the act
by levitating himself at the same time.
“Everything about this show is fun, from
the card tricks to the ‘big’ illusions
to the way Jason interacts with the
audience,” said Stephanie Sirovatka-Marshall,
Arts Alive! director. “He’s obviously
having just a great time fooling us and
we’re having a great time being
entertained. People are going to love
this show.”
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:35:39
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Why Magicians Are a Scientist's Best
Friend - Wired News
A magician will instantly see the truth
behind any colleague’s illusion. But we
have a bit of an advantage: We know we
are being fooled. Scientists are
instinctive doubters who employ a
rigorous method to zero in on the truth,
but they aren’t necessarily trained to
expect deception by subjects and
collaborators. We can’t make magicians
out of scientists -- we wouldn’t want to
-- but we can help scientists “think in
the groove” -- think like a magician.
And we should...
Publ.Date : 2012-03-23T21:14:57Z

Surviving cancer, singing at Radio City
Music Hall
The acts ranged from Sean Burke, a
14-year-old magician in a tux from
Midland Park, N.J., who made rods
disappear and reappear from under a
handkerchief, to Corey Robinson, a
17-year-old rapper from New York, who
boasted that he would "hit it really big
and start acting Hollywood."
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:18:09
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Magicians to Wow Central Oregon Coast in
Flurry of Shows - Oregon Coast Beach
Connection
This time, when they say a trip to the
Oregon coast town of Lincoln City is
magical – they really mean it. March 28
– 31 is the “It's No Illusion” festival
of magic, featuring live performances of
various up and comers in the
slight-of-hand world, such as Matt Baker
& Steve Hamilton, Hart Keene, Joe Black
and Heather Pearl. The magicians will
roam throughout the crowd at the Lincoln
City Cultural Center, teaching guests
tricks and illusions.
Publ.Date : Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:00:00
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Local comic magician still performing
after 30 years - Press Republican
Beloved local comic magician Bob Shelley
has been dazzling audiences of all ages
for more than 30 years. The Saranac Lake
man will again take the stage in Port
Henry at Moriah Central School Friday,
March 30. Shelley has done more than
10,000 shows over the last 30 years. He
is now entertaining the children of the
children he performed for at the start
of his career....
Publ.Date : 2012-03-24T07:23:24Z

Interactive dinner show at Cafe Z in
Union on April 13 - NJ.com
Nationally recognized Mentalist Manlow
will join the equally astounding
Magician Baltus at Union’s Café Z
Restaurant and Lounge, for their
one-of-a-kind interactive dinner show
Friday, April 13 at 7 p.m. Just like two
master chefs preparing a gourmet meal,
Manlow and Baltus combine two distinct
performing genres into one mind boggling
performance. Mentalist Manlow steals and
reveals thoughts from audience members;
while Baltus performs stage and close-up
magical routines that will baffle the
audience’s senses....
Publ.Date : 2012-03-25T16:11:56Z

PATRICK'S PEOPLE: Kevin Spencer has a
magical mind - Morning Sun
Magician Kevin Spencer is hoping for a
warmer welcome when he makes his second
visit to Pittsburg in April. “I think
that the last time we got there it was
in the middle of an ice storm,” he said
during a recent telephone interview. “I
hope this time we’re coming in to
sunshine.”...
Publ.Date : 2012-03-25T11:32:46Z

Dave Bidini: A magician's birthday -
National Post
We imagine him exploding out of the
ether in a tuxedo with his bowtie bent
and shoes slick with polish, but, in
fact, the young magician from Budapest
who was born on this day in 1874 awoke
sniffing the milk and pastries and coal
smoke of the old Hungarian city while
surrounded by a cadre of bored or
curious brothers, some of whom he would
know, but others, he would not....
Publ.Date : Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:00:54
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